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Magazine prints names of women who had abortions

By Alyson Brodsy and David Crary · Wednesday, Oct. 4,2006 12:41 a.m.

NEW YORK -- At a pivotal time in the abortion debate, Ms. magazine is releasing its fall issue next week with a cover story titled "We Had Abortions," accompanied by the names of thousands of women nationwide who signed a petition making that declaration.

2 Turks hijack airliner carrying 113 people to protest pope's visit

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 3,2006 10:51 p.m.

BRINDISI, Italy -- Two Turks protesting Pope Benedict XVI's planned trip to Turkey next month hijacked a Turkish Airlines jet carrying 113 people from Albania to Istanbul on Tuesday, and it landed safely in this southern Italian coastal city, officials said.

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Lone survivor of Lexington plane crash to be released from hospital

By Alyson Brodsy and Jeffrey McMurray · Tuesday, Oct. 3,2006 10:47 p.m.

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The lone survivor of the airliner crash at Lexington's airport that killed 49 people was released from a hospital Tuesday to begin several weeks of rehabilitation.

Bush supports Hastert's call for investigation

By Alyson Brodsy and Deb Riechmann · Tuesday, Oct. 3,2006 10:46 p.m.

STOCKTON, Calif. -- President George W. Bush said Tuesday he was "shocked and dismayed" at disgraced lawmaker Mark Foley's behavior and supports House Speaker Dennis Hastert's call for a full investigation.

Authorities investigate Brazil's worst air disaster

By Peter Muello · Tuesday, Oct. 3,2006 12:24 a.m.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Investigators on Monday were trying to determine how two new aircraft equipped with the latest anti-collision technology clipped each other in flight. A crash that followed killed 155 people, the nation's worst air disaster.

Rumsfeld hears concerns about Chavez

By Lolita C. Baldor · Tuesday, Oct. 3,2006 12:23 a.m.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- The recent military build-up in Venezuela by U.S. nemesis President Hugo Chavez has other countries in the region worried that the weapons could end up in the hands of terrorists, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Monday.

2 Americans share Nobel Prize in medicine

Tuesday, Oct. 3,2006 12:16 a.m.

Americans Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mello won the Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering a powerful way to turn off the effect of specific genes.

Rice: No memory of CIA warning of attack

Tuesday, Oct. 3,2006 12:15 a.m.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she cannot recall then-CIA chief George Tenet warning her of an impending al-Qaida attack in the United States.

Supreme Court begins new term

Tuesday, Oct. 3,2006 12:15 a.m.

A former Nazi concentration camp guard lost an appeal over the government's decision to revoke his U.S. citizenship.

Ex-Rep. Foley checks into alcohol rehab

Tuesday, Oct. 3,2006 12:15 a.m.

Former Rep. Mark Foley has checked himself into rehabilitation facility for alcoholism treatment.

Georgia releases officers in bid to defuse worst bilateral crisis in years

Tuesday, Oct. 3,2006 12:15 a.m.

Georgia on Monday released four Russian officers whose arrest on spying charges prompted Moscow to announce sweeping travel and communications sanctions in the worst bilateral crisis in years.

Brazil's president faces tough runoff

Tuesday, Oct. 3,2006 12:14 a.m.

Voter outrage over alleged corruption and dirty tricks left Brazil's president facing a tough runoff for a second term after his main rival staged a surprise comeback.

South Korean cements spot as front-runner for U.N. chief

Tuesday, Oct. 3,2006 12:13 a.m.

South Korea's foreign minister, Ban Ki-Moon, cemented his position as the front-runner to succeed U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday.

Milk truck driver kills at least 3 girls, self at Amish school in Pa.

By Mark Scolforo · Monday, Oct. 2,2006 10:41 p.m.

A 32-year-old milk truck driver took about a dozen girls hostage in a one-room Amish schoolhouse Monday, barricaded the doors with boards and killed at least three girls and apparently himself, authorities said.

Iraqi parliament renews state of emergency amid violence

Monday, Oct. 2,2006 10:36 p.m.

Parliament extended Iraq's state of emergency Monday as gunmen seized 14 employees from computer stores in downtown Baghdad in the second mass kidnapping in as many days.

Democrats, White House call for investigation into e-mail scandal

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Oct. 1,2006 10:31 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Democrats demanded Sunday that House Republicans keep them in the loop and thoroughly investigate former Rep. Mark Foley's inappropriate e-mails to a 16-year-old boy. The White House went further, suggesting the need for a criminal probe.

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Lone survivor of Lexington plane crash to be released from hospital

Bush supports Hastert's call for investigation

Authorities investigate Brazil's worst air disaster

Rumsfeld hears concerns about Chavez

2 Americans share Nobel Prize in medicine

Rice: No memory of CIA warning of attack

Supreme Court begins new term

Ex-Rep. Foley checks into alcohol rehab

Georgia releases officers in bid to defuse worst bilateral crisis in years

Brazil's president faces tough runoff

South Korean cements spot as front-runner for U.N. chief

Milk truck driver kills at least 3 girls, self at Amish school in Pa.

Iraqi parliament renews state of emergency amid violence

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Complaint against IU Kelley students, professor seeks over $2 billion in damages

The state wants Kinsey off-campus. IU says they’re already complying with state law

Indiana football lands Brendan Franke, Mitch McCarthy out of transfer portal

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